nerve

noun nerves

1. A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics. The nerves can be seen through the skin.
2. colloquial, nonstandard A neuron.
3. A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood. Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.
4. Courage; boldness; audacity; gall. He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.

   Similar: brashness, brazenness, balls, audacity, bield, boldhead, boldness, bravehood, valor, braveness, bravery, courage

5. Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude. The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories
6. in plural One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche. All these rationalizations for asinine behavior are getting on my nerves.
7. in plural Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions. Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test; she was a bundle of nerves.
8. The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing. The nerviness (ability to recover quickly from strain or stretching) ... generally requires it to be broken down or masticated on the mill before the other compounding ingredients are added. In the break-down operation, heat is inherently generated by the sheer action of the milling or mixing equipm
9. obsolete Sinew, tendon. Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them.
10. A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.

Similar: nerve

verb nerves · nerving · nerved

1. transitive To give courage. May their example nerve us to face the enemy.

   Similar: nerve up

2. transitive To give strength; to supply energy or vigour. The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.

   Similar: nerve up, anneal, brace, consolidate, build up, confirm, corroborate, enstrengthen, fortify, harden, intend, indurate

3. informal, transitive To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something). She has been trying everything (wedge pads, bar shoes, etc.) and he is still dead lame. Someone has suggested nerving him, which (I believe - correct me if I am wrong!) involves cutting the main nerve in his foot so he can be ridden without pain.
4. informal, rare, transitive To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone). I guess, my previous message never came in the net..so again: (hope, i don't nerve anyone) We want to combine different LAN's via fiberoptic cable (Monomode) to the Internet.
5. informal, intransitive, rare To be nervous. Mathias slowly leads his hand down to the holster... yeah, cool steel... his fingers wrap around the grip of his Smith & Wesson's, dragging it out, aiming and... In other words: Stop nerving, damiac14!